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I was surrounded by classical music, art and ballet all these things. But they also had a football field and it was at the conservatoire I decided to be a footballer. - Carlos Carvalhal
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When you are working, I must tell you, if someone wants to talk to me, to 99.9% I say no. - Carlos Carvalhal
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I believe society and football are all the time together, and will come to a new harmony. - Carlos Carvalhal
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So we draw a picture of what we want as a team and will follow that - understanding that sometimes you might have to do a new wall or the kitchen is not like that and you have to change it. But the idea is to follow the plan. - Carlos Carvalhal
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I am from a poor background in Portugal. We were medium-down, not down-and-out. My parents felt problems around food in the past but they made sure I did not miss anything. But there was nothing extra, no luxuries. - Carlos Carvalhal
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I had a plan. I played football professionally but I also studied at university. - Carlos Carvalhal
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My grandparents, one Christmas, they did not have anything. They did not have money to buy presents. So my grandmother went to the orange tree outside her home, and so her boys did not go without for Christmas, she took oranges to her sons as presents. - Carlos Carvalhal
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My mother worked at home, making clothes, trying to make some money. - Carlos Carvalhal
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We must go to the pitch without any fear. We have to try to compete for three points against every opponent. To do that, we must have courage and be strong. - Carlos Carvalhal
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We have to understand the abilities of the players. We will try to build a game model with our ideas and with the players we have. - Carlos Carvalhal
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I don't like confrontation. I don't care about it. If someone tries it with me, they will be talking to themselves because I don't listen. - Carlos Carvalhal
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When I arrive people don't know me very well, but it's about the work we do and the way the team play. - Carlos Carvalhal
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The connections are very important with the fans, with the journalists, with the people. The Portuguese like to do this - it's a characteristic. - Carlos Carvalhal
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My mother drilled into me the importance of hard work. She had good talent at school but did not have the money to attend. She left at nine years old and started working. - Carlos Carvalhal
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I remember Simple Minds, Echo and the Bunnymen, Nina Hagen, Elvis Costello and Duran Duran. And the best concert I ever saw was the Rolling Stones, in the stadium of Sporting Lisbon. - Carlos Carvalhal
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But we must be so creative, trying to simulate the game. How can I make the players, when one is there, another is over there, and another is 20 metres further away, think they are playing a football match? And how can they do tactical work and organisation? It's an interesting test. - Carlos Carvalhal
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